The second load of food aid is ready to depart by sea from Cyprus to Gaza, according to the island’s president, after the first aid shipment landed in the besieged Palestinian enclave overnight.
“The first ship has started its return to Cyprus, and we are ready to dispatch the second ship,” Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides told journalists.
The second ship, with 240 tonnes of aid, is moored at Larnaca port awaiting a signal to sail.
US charity World Central Kitchen, which arranged the mission with the UAE and Spanish NGO Open Arms with support from the Cypriot government, said the new shipment included pallets of canned goods and bulk products.
Almost 200 tonnes of food arrived in the enclave late on Friday, the first shipment in a new maritime aid route.
source: AJazeera